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The era of pure-play private equity is over. Banks are pulling different divisions together to serve the complex needs of global asset managers
Specialist moves after 18 years in the market
New dangers are making deals harder to do, but pricing for the haves is still tight
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Ilfryn Carstairs, global chief investment officer at alternative investor Värde Partners, will become co-CEO from next year, while keeping his co-CIO title. -
China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has tightened regulations on property companies selling bonds in the overseas market. Those with free market instincts ─ including this paper ─ would typically balk at such heavy-handedness. But a tough stance is exactly what the market needs to become sustainable in the long-run.
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Ithaca Energy, a UK-based oil and gas operator, revised its bond terms to placate investors this week — marking a rare victory for the buy-side in a market that has offered ever weaker protection. Buyers for the bonds had been prepared to swallow Ithaca's original proposals, but demanded a double digit yield to do so, forcing the borrower to back down to hit its target price. Karoliina Liimatainen reports.
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Left lead Barclays dropped the floating rate sterling tranche from the high yield bonds for Domestic & General’s fundraising to refinance old debt and pay a dividend to its old owners, replacing it with a smaller euro floater and a large fixed-rate issue.
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Goldman Sachs has released initial price thoughts on a new €407.2m CLO for Barings.
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Italy’s Salini Impregilo is pushing ahead with plans to buy compatriot troubled construction rival Astaldi after getting the preliminary nod from financiers, with the acquiring company set to raise €600m among a raft of funding agreements.
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